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Flume Takes Home First-Ever Grammy Award For Best Dance/Electronic Album

Australian DJ and music producer Harley Streten, best known as Flume, was almost lost for words as he climbed the stairs to the stage at the 59th Grammy Awards to accept his win.

The 25-year-old from Sydney had just missed out on the Best Dance recording category for his hit Never Be Like You featuring Kai, with The Chainsmokers instead victorious for Don't Let Me Down.

But just a few minutes later a stunned Flume heard his name called out as winner of Best Dance/Electronic Album for Skin.

"Wow. This is totally insane," he told the at the ceremony underway in Los Angeles.

Flume is no stranger to winning awards in Australia, with hauls at ARIA ceremonies, but at the music world's biggest night he was floored to win in a category featuring Jean-Michel Jarre, Tycho, Underworld and Louie Vega.

"I'm really proud to be here representing Australia and Australian music at the Grammys on this stage right now," Flume told the audience.

Australia's other Grammy nominees had a rough start to the ceremony with Keith Urban, Sia and Hillsong Young & Free among the early nominees to miss out on awards.

Urban missed out on Best Country Album and Best Country Song.

Justin Timberlake's Can't Stop The Feeling!, for the movie Trolls, won the best written song for visual media award ahead of Sia's Try Everything, from the Disney animated hit Zootopia.

Hillary Scott & The Scott Family dashed the hopes of two Australian nominees in the Christian music categories.

Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone and their band For King & Country were nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for their hit Priceless, but fell to the Scotts.

Hillsong Young & Free, the latest offshoot of the Sydney-based mega Hillsong church, were also left empty-handed to the Scotts in the Best Contemporary Christian album category.

Brisbane-born big band leader Tim Davies lost out in the Best Instrumental Composition category to the Ted Nash Big Band.

Sia and Urban are still in the running for Grammys.

The Grammy Awards are divided into two ceremonies, with the three hour "premiere" event where 70 categories are announced beginning at 7.30am AEDT Monday.

The main televised ceremony where the major awards are announced is scheduled to begin at noon AEDT Monday.

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